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On this week’s Red Carpet, VOA sits down Nicole Avant, the producer of Tyler Perry’s new movie titled “Six Tripple Eight.” Plus, Taylor Swift wins 10 Billboard Music Awards. This and more entertainment-related updates on today’s Red Carpet!

Healthy Living is a 15-minute weekly TV show about African health with an emphasis on prevention and practical solutions for Africans including good health during pregnancy, easy hygiene practices, fitness and healthy eating habits. Healthy Living also informs viewers about the latest healthcare breakthroughs from HIV prevention and treatment, overcoming food and water-borne diseases, reducing malaria rates to treating cancer.

On this week’s episode of Our Voices, hosts Ginny Niwa, Auriane Itangishaka and Simegnish Yekoye discuss how Africans in the diaspora are sending remittances back to their home countries. Rhoda Basemera, a Ugandan business analyst and Natasha Chiumya, the founder and CEO of Diaspora Connect, join the show to provide insight into how these remittances be used best to uplift the continent.

On Africa 54: A government shutdown looms as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump calls on lawmakers to renegotiate a new deal that would include raising the debt ceiling. Journalists in Mozambique fight against a proliferation of mis-and disinformation. And an Ethiopian American artist and industrial designer Jomo Tariku showcases his modern African designed furniture. These stories and more on Africa 54.